For some, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s signature upon her state's newly minted state immigration law rivaled Scott Brown’s Massachusetts Senate election win for the title of "Best Conservative Moment of 2010."

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s signature upon that state’s newly minted state immigration law rivaled Scott Brown’s Massachusetts Senate election win for the title of “Best Conservative Moment of 2010.” It convincingly corrected the federal government’s previous and unofficial policy of “We Won’t Ask, You Won’t Tell” in regards to the presence of illegal aliens in the United States. For most of us on the right, “Thank God for Arizona!” embodies all that need be said. Copper State politicians appear to be superior to those in every other jurisdiction. More inspiration emanated from the southwest shortly thereafter when Arizona’s legislature outlawed the teaching of revolution and ethnic supremacy in the public schools.

Specifically, “HB 2281 prohibits a school district or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote the overthrow of the United States government or promote resentment toward a race or class of people.”

The edict is obvious but (unfortunately) greatly needed. Moreover, heroism like this provides a blue print on how to roll back statist tyranny — step by step, politically correct tumor by politically correct tumor.

If Republicans on aggregate mimicked Arizona’s example it would not be long before we succeeded in taking our country back.

The left is terrified of this eventuality and an “Arizona contagion,” i.e., other states forging and passing similar reforms.

Democratic panjandrums realize that if conservatives learn how to fight assertively and creatively — and abandon their gentlemanly countenance — then their dreams of domination will be deader than Saul Alinsky.

HB 2281 is needed not only in Arizona but in every American classroom because it provides firm guidelines for what teachers can and cannot say. This is essential as within gray areas indoctrination thrives.

All U.S. citizens finance government schools via property and sales taxation. We do so in the belief that it will result not in reprogramming but in an education for the young.

Dedicating oneself to promoting a Mexican Reconquista, developing grievances against your homeland, and learning about the history of one group of people at the expense of another is not what the taxpayers envisioned.

Yet what radicals do in their classrooms is precisely the opposite of enlightenment. They “indoctrinate” or close the minds of students. Thus, it is in the interest of every sensible person to make sure that the pedagogy children receive is based on history and fact rather than leftist orthodoxy.

Atop any list of objectives for schooling is the need to prepare children for later life, but memorizing and parroting a neo-Marxist perspective only sabotages future success … unless a kid wants to become Reverend Al Sharpton.

Indeed, the guiltist political orientation of the millennial generation can be directly attributed to the shame-basedproselytism they received in school.

While Arizona’s statute is confined to improving curriculums in school districts rather than universities (the greater fount of anti-American multicultural sludge), codifying that there is something foul about the promotion of “resentment toward a race or class of people” is a superb outcome.

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David Thomson

Arizona is leading the pack—but the other states must do likewise. This is the only way to defeat the race carders. Everybody and his second brother knows damn well we wouldn’t be hearing all this nonsense if Hispanic illegals were blue eyed and blond haired Canadians who sneaked into the USA and later became loyal Republican voters. There is something else one must know about so-called racial profiling: it’s only perceived to be wrong by the politically correct elites if dark skinned people are being profiled! They could care less if a white individual is being similarly profiled. Legitimate profiling is mere common sense. Racist motives will defeat the purpose.

Some wimpy Republican moderates are afraid of a backlash. This is totally silly. The American public is behind Arizona’s new law. It had to be done sooner or later. We might as well bite the bullet and do it now.

It will be interesting to see what kind of legal arguments will be made to try to invalidate these laws. The “deportation” law mirrors the federal statute, and the one regarding to schools is much like the ones that outlaw “hate speech” and segregation. The PC crowd is caught in a contradiction from which they cannot easily escape, like an animal in a trap that has to gnaw off its own leg to escape from the steel that binds it, forever to be maimed.

Karl Rove last night on Greta claimed the federal law on checking for illegals during stops is more accommodating to cops even than Arizona’s new statute. I can’t find any exact quote yet, but if this is true, Arizona cops can be at ease in making illegal immigrant arrests.

One has to wonder how long it will take for some judge to legislate from the bench and overturn the bills Arizona has passed. In the event this happens, Arizona just needs to do what is right, and that is defy the judge. That, too, would be a first: a legislative and executive body standing up and telling the courts that the legislators make the law, not the judiciary.

I am a critic of Islam. I agree with the intent of this law, but will my criticism be illegal under it?

I make no secret of the fact that I resent the Islamic theology that condemns me to second class citizenship under political Islam. Islamists routinely charge critics of Islam with racism. Could I be charged with creating resentment against a class of people?

I understand that this law applies only to Arizona public schools; I am speaking to the principle on which it operates.

We don’t want the equivalent of Canada’s Human Rights Commission in America. Mark Steyn’s experience should be a warning to us.

What is interesting to me is that it took this long for the pot to boil over. Those of us who live in border states have been begging the feds to secure our southern border for decades, only now does it have the Nation’s undivided attention. Long overdue, IMHO.

I look for the Obama answer to be an end-around game plan to negate the Arizona law with some sort of; “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” legislation, which will naturally include some kind of amnesty for these law breaking illegals. I can only hope that this notion will be so politically toxic that a delaying plan by conservatives can be effective until after the November elections. The message should be clear to the incumbent Congress; “vote for this and die”.

One thing the lefty amnesty advocates don’t remind you of is quite simple; for every illegal you legitimize with citizenship, you open the door for his or her entire family remaining in Mexico to be legally sponsored in by the new citizen. Thus the Left gets 5 or 6 new democratic voters for the price of 1, and America gets the creation of a whole new class of non-English speaking welfare grabbers. This happened after the Reagan amnesty. Somehow the law of Unintended Consequences comes to mind, where you try to do a good thing for one person, and 10 bad things happen as a result. The McCain bill for so-called guest workers to have a path to citizenship would have made the same mistake.

There remains 5 1/2 months before the mid-term elections, and 7 months before the new Congress get sworn in. Conservatives need to stay alert and on guard against left wing trickery in the meantime.

I don’t believe they will try to cram amnesty down our throats before the elections. But they will have an embittered, lame-duck Congress with nothing to lose from November through the swearing in of the new Congress. That’s when we are likely to see them ram through all their remaining odious legislation. And they will include a 2/3 majority requirement to amend or repeal those laws. Count on it. I fear we may be screwed no matter which way we jump (or how many seats we pick up in November).

Wouldn’t surprise me if this is already their plan, which would explain why they are OK with ticking off 60%+ of the country and sacrificing their majority to the carnage of the mid-terms. It is in their long-term interest to do it, imo. Congressmen who have already lost re-election are easier to manipulate, and don’t discount pure petty spite expressed via very unpopular votes.

Criminals hiring criminals is one major factor that promotes illegal immigration. Another factor is the concept of ” Anchor Babies” There is no real reason that the illegal immigrant parents of a baby can’t be deported. They can take the baby or leave the baby for adoption their choice. The whole concept of anchor babies is a massive scam and an immense drain on resources that are provided by legal resident tax payers.
If Mexican, Chinese, Irish, Greek or Russian citizens need opportunities and services let them have those needs provided by their own nation, or they can do without. Personally I am tired of providing for the worlds under privileged while their governments steal aid money with both hands.

I am for boycotting any that calls for a boycott of Arizona. This includes Austin Tx, Los Angeles, Ca and any other place, business, or country-like mexico. With the majority of Americans for the Arizona law, if all would follow this example, more states would be pushed in the direction of adopting this legislation.

Governor Brewer is my new hero. She risked being portrayed as a racist, murdering, hate spitting NAZI, and I just saw a sign on TV with her as Hitler. If you are not being called a racist, sexist, homophobe by the left you are not doing anything useful. The comparisons and charges no longer have any meanings. Please do not give up the fight! If we backdown now the USA is over. When President Andrew Jackson’s order to move indians west was declared unconstitutional by the supreame court, he said that was “too preposterous” and just ignored the judgement, saying let the court send it’s army to enforce it’s ruling. It is now time to do the same. If the courts negate the will of the people, just say NO. If the feds move against the Arizona elected officials and not the criminals, it is time to have a referendum about leaving the union.

Your comparison of Governor Brewer and Andrew Jackson is strikingly accurate. Being that Andrew Jackson was a war-torn alcoholic, slave-holding racist. I’m not surprised at all by his response to the supreme court’s ruling. Our government was constructed with a system of checks and balances for a reason. The constitution is not perfect, but it was created to protect ALL, which includes ANY minority. This law is nothing more than an ill-disguised attempt at legalized racial profiling. Being an “anchor baby” myself, I believe I can speak for both sides of the border here in that this law solves no problem for anyone. Illegals will keep crossing the border until there is an absolutely comprehensive immigration reform enforced on BOTH SIDES of the border. You probably wouldn’t guess that Mexican police, in all their famed corruption, have the same authority to question one’s legal status in the country without probable cause. This was more than likely implemented as an attempt to crack down on the number of illegals passing through Mexico towards the U.S. The U.S. is doing the same to Central and South America what it did to the Native American population before it. It is robbing the people of a real attempt at developing sustainable lifestyles in their own home countries. No Mexican will care about a few nights in jail if they are leaving behind starving families. Thanks to the constant demand for drugs and illegal arms trading taking place over our borders, it is not even safe to walk the streets at night. If you are seriously suggesting that Arizona have a referendum to secede from the union, I honestly hope it comes through. The U.S. could just adopt Puerto Rico to gain back the 50th star on the flag and Arizona would remain this obscure desert where society would surely fall to pieces.

Gov Brewer is quite simply amazing. She’s signed laws for concealed carry, “defensive display” of said weapons, anti multicultural indoctrination laws for public schools, and this most recent anti-immigration law. She has my vote, and my financial support, such as it is. I can’t wait to vote her in for her first elected term.

Governor Brewer may just be our Maggie Thatcher, Lord I do hope so! Funny how the women who most define the America we want to restore both hail from states states begininng with an “A”, eh? Let the numerologists figure that one out! LOL Can we get a Palin/Brewer ticket in ’12?

PS: I admire Gov. Palin for standing by the man responsible for introducing her to the national stage, but I can’t wait to see Sen. John McRino sail off into the sunset – the dude has flip-flopped enough to make John Kerry green with envy! “I’ve never considered myself to be a “maverick”? Puhleasse! Please retire noe Sen. McCain and give us a few years to fully appreciate the war hero that you are, not the snivelling politician that you’ve become.

The boycotts will prove devastating to the Arizona economy. They are already having an effect in terms of tourism. The conservatives may have had their moment but that’s about it. Now they’re going to get hit hard where it counts with these people, right in the pocket. This is how you deal with conservatives. You bleed them economically until they come begging. Then you go for the jugular and put them out of their misery politically.

Your response is laughable. Do some homework and find out how much southern ca gets from az first. You might learn that the trade deficit is completly opposite of your statement. LA needs AZ in a bad way but they can stick their $10 billion deficit where the sun don’t shine.

Nice try guy but the facts are that California is the one being bled dry and getting ready to run to run begging to the rest of the nation for a transfusion of dollars. My advice for Arizona is to buy one way bus tickets for all of its illegals to LA.

I was just in my local supermarket…Publix to be exact. It was easy to look at the produce from California and exclude it from my basket. Along with California wine…plums….nuts and every other damn thing they export. If we decide to boycott Califrornia products for 4 weeks….we’ll have them by the balls!!!

Perhaps it’s time for the AZ Corporation Commission to reconsider the rates for the electricity CA gets from AZ…and maybe we should be less accommodating concerning the water CA gets from the Colorado River, hmmm?

Let’s just say that AZ can hurt CA just as badly, if not more so, than CA can hurt AZ. Feel like paying double or triple for your electricity and water, sir?

I don’t endorse any such retaliatory action, however. Boycotts will hurt the people you folks claim to be trying to help. Who do you think the tourism/hotel/services industries will lay off first? Grow up. Boycotts, or, more accurately, embargoes, are childish and foolish, harmful to the most vulnerable among us, and finally, UNCONSTITUTIONAL. It is to prevent such trade wars between states that the Commerce clause actually exists.

Sirs,
So LA has decided to boycott Arizona. Well, that’s fine by me. I have bought my last bottle of California wine, my last ticket to a movie produced in California, and my last bit of produce grown in California, et al. I suggest others do the same.
The Federal government has voided it’s constitutional responsibility for securing our borders for entirely too long, and now states such as Arizona are stepping up. More power to Arizona! Let’s roll!
Hod Coburn

Praetorian, Oh, yeah, ’cause California is in such sterling financial shape right now that it can well afford to alienate people (70% of all Americans) who support the Arizona law.

This is how you deal with conservatives. You bleed them economically until they come begging. Then you go for the jugular and put them out of their misery politically.

Oh, how cute it is when liberal weenies try to compensate for their non-existent masculinity by talking tough. Just keep on ignoring the polls and reality, and you’ll be able to pretend you’ve got cojones – until November, when your political misery will really start in earnest. ‘Til then, keep up the macho man pose, “Praetorian” *snicker* – it really is endearing, like watching my 6 year old nephew shout “I’m a lion!”

This is how you deal with conservatives. You bleed them economically until they come begging. Then you go for the jugular and put them out of their misery politically.

Oh, and may I ask, prat (a much more suitable nic for you), just how you come by this knowledge? Please point to a time when this strategy was successfully followed by leftists. In America, that is. The Soviet Union, Chavez’s basket case of a country – while I’m sure those countries give you totalitarian wet dreams, I’d like a few examples from the states. Otherwise, I will be confirmed in my suspicion that prat is just mojo/oscar le grouch/ etc. etc. Prat/mojo/oscar etc.,…,it isn’t good for you to go off the anti-psychotic meds. You become even more delusional than ever and scare the poor night nurse.

Donna, my understanding is that menopause can wreak havoc with the female mind as your hysterical comments demonstrate. Your poor henpecked husband! The fact is that there are many programs that the political left implemented that you probably benefit from. Social security and Medicare for instance are successful programs. They’ve needed tweaking over the years and they will probably need more but they accomplished successfully what they intended. But you tough-talking red-staters benefit in more ways than most. All those military bases and contractors in middle Amurikka that suck away at the federal nipple. What Obama should do is just shut them down and see how long you last without the government you hate. If you think you can survive without government then prove it.

Also, I doubt you have known (or experienced) masculinity for some time now, but I have empathy for your frustration.

The real beauty of the law is it outlaws sanctuary cities in AZ. That is what is upsetting to PHX, Tucson, Chandler, and Flagstaff. The police can now do their jobs under mandate of the state and not be restricted by amnesty mayors. Thanks, Janet Brewer, you are a true American hero.